drenching

Meanings

Verb

• Present participle of drench

Noun

• The act by which something is drenched; a soaking.
• The administering of a draught to an animal.

Origin

• From Middle English drenchyng, drenchynge, drenchende, from Old English drenċende, from Proto-Germanic *drankijandz, present participle of *drankijaną, equivalent to drench + -ing.
• From Middle English drenchinge, equivalent to drench + -ing.